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Today, black players comprise more than eighty percent of the National Basketball Association's rosters, providing a strong and valued contribution to professional basketball. In the first half of the twentieth century, however, pro basketball was tainted by racism, as gifted African Americans were denied the opportunity to display their talents. A few managed to eke out a living playing for the New York Renaissance and Harlem Globetrotters, black professional teams that barnstormed widely, playing local teams or in short-lived leagues. Also, a sprinkling of black players were on integrated teams. Modern professional basketball began to take shape in the late 1940s, during which time the NBA was formed. Fearful of economic repercussions, team owners originally imposed an unwritten ban on black players. But pressured by several progressive owners and the increasing emergence of talented black players, the nba gradually accepted integration. A few pioneers, such as Sweetwater Clifton, Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd, and Don Barksdale, managed to break through and confronted discrimination and numerous frustrations. Yet they persevered, often with support from white teammates and coaches. Through in-depth interviews with players, their families, coaches, teammates, and league officials, Ron Thomas tells the largely untold story of what basketball was really like for the first black NBA players, including early superstars such as Maurice Stokes and Bill Russell, and the league's first black coaches. They Cleared the Lane is both informative and entertaining, full of anecdotes and little-known history. Not all of the stories have happy endings, but this unfortunate truth only emphasizes how much we have gained from the accomplishments of these pioneer athletes. Ron Thomas is a sportswriter for the San Francisco Examiner and covered the NBA for nine years.
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Ron Thomas is director of the Morehouse College Journalism and Sports Program.
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Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First printing (full number line). With an ink pen, this inscription is printed on the verso of half title page, " To Billy - From the BSU meetings to the faculty club takeover to Top Cat, from the girlfriends to the wife and Kali, from the Yellow Jackets to Bird vs. Magic to Shaq & Kobe, you have been a treasured friend. I'm sure that 36 years of talking hoops and life with you are reflected in this book about the sport we both love. Your friend forever." Signed, (irst name only), "Ron" / 2/28/03". Using a felt tipped marker (the black has bled through to the copyright page), there are also two signed insciptions on the title page. The first is, "To Bill, / Best wishes - / a friend. / Marques Haynes / 2-28-03" . For many years, Marques Haynes was a player on the Globetrotters. The other inscription is, "To Bill, / Best wishes, / ? " I cannot read the signature. Later in the book, Al Attles signed his name next to photograph of him. The book includes: an Appendix, "The NBA's Black Pioneers, 1950-1965"; Notes (sources); and an Index. It has six pages of black & whtie photographs. xvii + 276 numbered pages + photographs. The book and the dust jacket have little, if any, wear. Full cloth binding. The gilt lettering on the spine is bright. Priced dust jacket ($29.95). To keep it nice, I have housed the dust jacket in a clear mylar book jacket cover (easily remove) The book will be sent to you well packed in a box. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 0003647